Part 1 of 2: 'Holy..shit'. That was my reaction when DJ Eclipse sent us the playlist from his last Live From HQ show. Every single track is an absolute banger. I cannot stress the following enough, if you are a fan of that eastcoast real hip hop shit - you must download this now. Here's the words from Eclipse, "While Premier and friends were having a blast down in Vegas for the AVN Awards, I was stuck doing his show...lol. No guests, just lots of new music.".

Name: Rawl (Posted: 1/16/2008 9:45:00 PM; Partial IP: 234.66.198)Location: Lost AngelsComment: Damn I miss FRIDAY NIGHT FLAVAS. Now all we got here in L.A is WE CAME FROM BEYOND and anything we can download off the net. Thank You UNDERGROUNDHIPHOP.COM, you are really doing a service for the real HIP-HOP heads over here in LOS ANGELES. Wake up show is all right, but I hate the fact that they front like they are the best HIP-HOP show of all time. "They Gots To Chill"

DJ Eclipse, renowned indie Hip Hop tastemaker, first gained national notoriety while djing for 3rd Bass front man MC Serch in the early 90's. His reputation grew in the mid 90's by filling in for Stretch Armstrong on his weekly 89.9 radio show on WKCR and then later for Mayhem on 89.1 WNYU. He joined Wild Pitch Records in '94 and became the National Director of Retail Promotion until their closing in '95. Then, DJ Jab, the owner of a small basement record store called Fat Beats, brought Eclipse in to help out on weekends. It wasn't long before Fat Beats became a worldwide company with Eclipse overseeing all of their retail operations. Around this time, NY also saw the birth of Eclipse's seminal crew Non Phixion, which played a pivotal role in the indie renaissance of the mid 90's. Eclipse played a huge role during these years establishing himself as the "go to" DJ for all the local Hip Hop events at Wetlands, S.O.B.'s, Vinyl and most notably, Tramps. Around '97, after spinning at many of the "Break Beats" parties at The Point in the Bronx, Crazy Legs put Eclipse down with the legendary Rock Steady Crew as one of the RSC DJs. By 1998, Eclipse started The Halftime Radio Show with DJ Riz and Lynn Gonzalez where he can still be heard on 89.1 WNYU with DJ Skizz on Wednesday nights from 10:30 PM - 1:00 AM (www.wnyu.org). As a producer, some of Eclipse's notable production credits include remixes for O.C. ("Time's Up" & "Born 2 Live"), Nas, N-Tyce, a couple party joints for AV8 & Nervous Records and a few battle breaks to name a few. E's current remix of The Modern Jazz Quartet's "Movin' Nicely" can be found on the recently released "Rebop - The Savoy Remixes" album. To date, Eclipse can be found running the Fat Beats NY store, operating Uncle Howie Records with Ill Bill, touring with La Coka Nostra or back behind the boards at The Halftime Show.DJ Eclipse Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/itsdjeclipse